Education
He earned his master’s degree in marine policy from the University of Rhode Island in 1989. And earned a Doctor of Philosophy in marine science in 1999 from the University of the South Pacific. His recent board memberships include: the Marine Stewardship Council (Mediterranean Shipping Company), Chair of the Phoenix Islands Protected Area Trust, Chair of the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute Science Advisors, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Vice Chair of the Global Agenda Council on Oceans, World Economic Forum, and the New England Aquarium.
Career
He was an early pioneer of research in Antarctica on marine mammals and, later, ice ecology. He is an authority on New Zealand"s Hector"s dolphin. Stone is also an undersea technology and exploration specialist, particularly in his use of deep-sea submersibles, and has produced an award-winning series of marine conservation films.
Stone earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in human ecology from the College of the Atlantic in 1982.
Stone is currently the Chief Scientist for Oceans and Executive Vice President for International, where he began working in 2009. Prior to that, he worked with the New England Aquarium as their Vice President of Global Marine Programs From 2001 to 2009.
And their Director of from 1993 to 2001. He was a Marine Biologist and Japan Program Manager at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from 1989 to 1993.
He served as a Senior Editor for the Marine Technology Society Journal from 1997 to 2003.
This project is among the first to use market-based mechanisms to conserve ocean biodiversity, a strategy that encourages and fosters economic opportunity for local communities. Stone has over 7,000 dives in all oceans and has spent 30 days in a saturation habitat underwater. He has led expeditions for National Geographic to Antarctica, Thailand, and the Pacific Islands.
He has authored hundreds of publications.
His work has appeared in National Geographic Magazine and the journals. Nature and Science, and he has written dozens of book chapters.
His frequent contributions to National Geographic Magazine have included the newly released article on Seamounts – “Mountains of the Sea”. “Phoenix Islands” (2011), “After the Tsunami” (2005), “Phoenix Islands: South Pacific Hideaway” (2004), “Deep Science” (2003) and “Islands of Ice: Exploring Antarctica’s Islands of Ice” (2001) He also presented a TED Talk: "Saving the ocean one island at a time.", and at Davos on the Ocean Health Index.
